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UNB honours its top teachers

University of New Brunswick honoured 20 of its faculty who won awards this year for teaching excellence. With over 100 in attendance, including senior administration, their colleagues, and members from the community, each of the 20 were recognized, and we caught a glimpse into what factors made them great teachers.

Lyle Hamm, faculty of education, was awarded the Alan P. Stuart Award for Excellence in Teaching

Ben Newling, department of physics, was awarded the Alan P. Stuart Award for Excellence in Teaching, University Teaching Scholar and the Faculty of Science Teaching Award.

UNB also celebrated Frank Collins, faculty of engineering, who was recognized by a national U.S. organization as an “Outstanding First Year Student Advocate”.

Acting Vice President Academic, Jane Fritz, lauded the award winners in her opening remarks, and stated that “teaching is the core of what a university is and what students are here for; the impact of excellent teaching cannot be understated.”

UNB Student Union VP Jessie Reid presented the UNBSU teaching excellence award to Val Reeves. He was “pleased to see that the university cares about good teaching, that it makes regular efforts to continually improve teaching quality, and that it recognizes excellent teaching.”

The following were also recognized through UNB Fredericton's faculty and department’s annual teaching award programs:

Sue O’Donnell, faculty of nursing, CETL Visiting Scholar

Elin Maher – faculty of business administration

Jeffrey McNally – faculty of business administration

Aaron Savage – MBA Professor Recognition Award

Dan Ahern, department of philosophy, faculty of arts

Howard Kislowicz – faculty of law

Jamie Miles – department of chemical engineering

Kerry MacQuarrie – department of civil engineering

Sal Saleh – department of electrical & computer engineering

Andy Simoneau – department of mechanical engineering

Eric Aubanel – faculty of computer science

Sanjeev Seahra – department of mathematics, faculty of science

David Scott – faculty of kinesiology

Charlene Shannon-McCallum – faculty of kinesiology

A group photo was taken of this year’s award winners, together with those from past years who were in attendance.